Work & commute · Dripping Springs

Work & commute in Dripping Springs, TX

Most working residents leave Dripping Springs for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (42%), San Antonio (4%) and Houston (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

207 of 2,319 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,112 Dripping Springs residents head out of town to work, 207 work right here, and 4,448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dripping Springs.

2,112live here, work elsewhere

207live and work here

4,448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dripping Springs goes to work

Austin21.5 mi away

42%973

Dripping Springs (in town)right here

9%207

San Antonio56.9 mi away

4%99

Houston164.3 mi away

3%69

Bee Cave11 mi away

2%45

Round Rock34.3 mi away

2%42

Dallas195.8 mi away

2%39

San Marcos24.2 mi away

1%28

Lakeway12.7 mi away

1%20

Cedar Park27.2 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%778

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Dripping Springs commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

19%

47%

15%

18%

19%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dripping Springs is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dripping Springs are

4,655 jobs are based in Dripping Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dripping Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dripping Springs

4,655 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Dripping Springs residents hold

2,319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+124%

Jobs based in Dripping Springs, 2013 → 2023: 2,075 → 4,655. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.